Thallophyte

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + -phyte.]
     1. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. --
        {Thal`lo*phyt"ic}, a.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Bot.) Same as {Thallogen}.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thallophyte
       n : any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting
           principally of a thallus and thus showing no
           differentiation into stem and root and leaf